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Airborne 01.08.15: AA Pilot Vote, Tiger Moth Aviatrix, GA Advocate Goes Solo

Also: Beech AD, Marenco Swisshelicopter, Runway Extension On Hold, Airborne Advisory Board, Comac ARJ21 Cert

The pilots flying for the merged American Airlines and US Airways will soon be voting on a new contract in an effort to avoid arbitration and secure an initial pay raise. The contract is the final proposal offered by American Airlines Group in November. The board of the Allied Pilots Association Union agreed late last Saturday to accept the contract proposal, but now it must be voted on by the rank-and-file APA members. Most pilots can relate to a historical aviation pioneer that they feel a kinship with

Airborne 01.07.15: NTSB Sez FAA Goofed, Van Tine On EAA Board, Branson Committed

Also: New SAFE Director, Red Baron Bipe Restored, Revenge Of 'ITBOA BNITBOB', SpaceX Re-Sked, Alabama's CJ4, Blue's Winter

You know you’ve messed up when your transgression shows up in a press release. Such is the case with an FAA mistake. The NTSB has found that the FAA mistakenly released investigative information regarding their ongoing investigation of an airplane accident that occurred in Philadelphia on March 13, 2014. This is an error that violated NTSB regulations and party processes. Mark Van Tine, Chief Executive Officer of Jeppesen and Vice President of digital aviation for The Boeing Company,

2015 Airborne Advisory Board Announced

Benefitting From This Industry’s Very Impressive Brain Trust – The Hard Way

Over the past two years, as we brainstormed the concept of the “Next Big Thing” in aviation media, we did so in concert with the assistance of hundreds of people via many hundreds of conversations. And while even the initial aspects of the Airborne Partnership Initiative require a tremendous amount of talent, work, insight and resources, it was obvious to us right from the beginning that we needed to change the leadership dynamic as we went forward from concept to reality.Out of that process, we began to envision a pretty heavy-duty Advisory Board… not the usual group of big names offering up a few glitzy quotes once a year… but to get involv

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.08.15)

“Our commercial aviation industry is a world-leader and model for risk mitigation and I’m proud that so many airlines have embraced the SMS culture voluntarily. Now the FAA and the air carrier industry are taking the next step.” Source: FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta.